Gate.



0. J. WYMAN.

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.19,1908.

Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

-n rigfi m ml ORRIN J. WYMAN, OF FAIRPOR-T, NEW YORK.

GATE

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 6, 1909.

Application filed August 19, 1908. Serial No. M9367.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORRIN J. WYMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairport, in the county of New York, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

F lhis invention relates to gates, and more particularly to farm gates, and. the like.

The ob ect of the invention 1s to provide simple means whereby the latch end of the gate can be elevated relatively to the hinge in a novel and end thereof and supported efiicient manner, thus enabling the gate to swing over snow, trash or other obstructions accumulating adjacent the bottom thereof.

A further object is to provide a gate so constructed that when the supporting means utilized for holding it elevated, is released from engagement with the gate the latch end of said gate will drop to the ground and thus render difiicult the opening thereof.

Another object is to provide character which can be bodily vertically in relation to its post.

A further object is to provide means whereby the gate can be released by a of Monroe and State j a panel and between the strips 5,

a gate of this i of a slide 16.

adjusted l extending between the strips and. held against displacement person standing at the latch end thereof so that it will drop by gravity at said end.

W'ith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel. features of construction and combination of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate embodying the present improvements, the middle portion of the gate being removed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hinge end of the gate and showing the pivoted sup orting member in engagement therewith. ig. 3 is a side elevation of the hinge end of a modified form of the gate.

1. designates the hinge post of the gate, the same being provided with hinge members 2 of any desired form engaging the hinge members 3 carried by a supporting bar 4 arranged arallel with the post 1. As shown particular y in Fig. 2, this bar consists of two parallel spaced strips 5 held a art by the hinge members 3 which roject etween them, as shown by dotted ines in Fig. 1, the two strips and the hinge members being secured by means of bolts or other fastening devices 6 extending transversely there- 1 through.

' normally in the path ofthe bail pawl has a terminal shoulder 20 designed to T he panel 7 constituting the body of the gate may be of any preferred construc tion and one of the longitudinal rails 8 thereof projects beyond one end of said said projecting portion being mounted on a pivot bolt 9 removably mounted in any one of a series of openings 10 formed within the bar 1. Arcuate spacing blocks 11 are secured to opposite faces of this projecting rail 8 and the curved faces of these blocks bear against the bar 4, as indicated in 1. One or more of the remaining rails 8 of the can also project beyond the end thereof and between the strips 5, but only the one rail is fastened between the strips.

The upright 12 at the hinge end of the gate panel has a shoulder 13 at the upper end thereof, and disposed above the top rail of the panel, and this shoulder is designed to be engaged by a bail 15 straddling the bar 4 and ivotally connected to opposite sides This slide has a tongue 14 by a stop pin 17, said tongue resting loosely upon the top rail of the gate panel.

Pivotally mounted upon one side of the panel 7 adjacent the upper end of the upright 12 is a releasing pawl 18 suitably supported, as at 19, so as to be held by gravity 15. This engage and support the bail 1-3 in the man ner hereinafter set forth.

Thelatch post 21 of the gate may be of any preferred form and is designed to be engaged by a latch 22 slidably mounted between two of the rails of the gate panel. This latch, however, constitutes no part of the present invention and therefore detail description and illustration thereof is not deemed necessary.

It is to be understood that when the bail 15 is out of engagement with the upper end of the upright 12 the gate panel is free to swing downward with the bolt 9 as a pivot, and the latch end of the panel will therefore sag until brought into contact with the ground or until the latch 22 contacts with the lower end of its keeper and thus supports the gate. Should it be desired to raise the latch end of the gate and support it so that the gate will be free to swing upon the hinges 23, the latch end of said gate is swung upwardly and as the upper end of the upright 12 is rounded or beveled, as indicated in Fig. 1, it will be a parent that said end will contact with an( elevatetlie bail 15 until said bail has assed the shoulder 13 whereupon it will crop into engagement with the shoulder and thus prevent the panel from swinging away from the bar 4. Obviously during this adjustment of the panel the blocks 11 operate as combined bearing and'spacing devices. Should a person standing at the latch end of the gate desire to release the panel from the bail this is readily effected by further lifting the gate so as to cause the bail 15 to ride onto the end of pawl 18 and when the gate is released. it willlower by gravity and the awl .will lift the bail out of engagement wit :1. the shoulder. Should it be desired to adjust the gate bodily in a vertical direction the bolt 9is removed and the panel 7 moved upward. so that the bolt 9 can be inserted through one of the other openings 10 and through the projecting apertured rail 8. This adjustment of the panel will of course produce a corresponding upward movement of the bail 15 because of the sliding connection 16 between the panel and the bail.

In Fig. 3 a modified form of gate has been disclosed wherein the connecting strip 16 is eliminated, and in lieu thereof the bar 23 is extended some distance above the gate when said panel is in its normal position, and a series of apertures 2A is formed within the upward-projecting portion. Any one of these apertures is designed. .to receive the ivot bolt 24 on which the bail 25 is mounted. hen this form of gate is adjusted vertically it is necessary to withdraw the bolt 2land reinsert it into one of the other openings 24 so as tohold the bail at the proper elevation. This adjustment cannot of course be as quickly effected. as where agate such as shown in Fig. 1 is employed, but it nevertheless reduces the cost. of the gate because the same is rendered less complicated.

By extending more than one rail. of the gate into the supporting bar 4 the panelis prevented from swinging laterally relatively to said bar. a

As shown in Fig. 1 an arm 26 may be extended from the bail 15 and by attaching a cord thereto the bail can be swung upward inde endently of 'the pawl 18.

W lat is claimed is 1. A gate comprising a hingedly supported bar, a panel supported thereby and mounted to' swing'vertically relatively thereto, a pivot clevioeadjus-tably mounted in the bar, a bail carried by the pivot device and mounted for engagement with the panel to hold it against swinging movement, said panel having separate portions upon the top thereof for engagement by said means to hold the panel at different angles relative to thebar.v

2.. A gate comprising a. hingedly sup.

ported bar, a panel supported thereby and mounted to swing vertically relatively. thereto, a bail adjustably connected to the bar for engagement with the panel, and a bail lifting device uponthe panel.

3. A gate comprising a hingedly supported bar, apanelsupported thereby and mounted to swing vertically relatively thereto, bear.- ing devices upon the panel and interposed between the bar and panel, a bail .adjustably connected to the bar, said panelhaving a shoulder for engagement bythe bail, and a bail-lifting device upon the panel.

4. A gate comprising a hingedly supported bar, a panel sup orted, thereby and mounted to swing vertica y relatively thereto, .a slide pivotally connected to the anel andbearing upon the bar, a bail carried by-the slide and detachably and adjustably engaging the panel.

5. Agate coinprisinga hingedly supported bar, a panel sup orted thereby and mounted to swing vertica ly relatively thereto, a slide pivotally connected to the panel and bearing upon the bar, a bail carried by the slide and detachably and adjustably. engaging the panel, anda bail-lifting device carried by the panel.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signa? ture in the presence of two witnesses.

ORRIN J. WYMAN. Witnesses MAE QUINN, ERNEST GREENWOOD. 

